The COVID-19 outbreak has drawn heightened attention from public health scholars researching ways to limit its spread. Much of the research has been focused on minimizing transmission in hospitals and in the general community. However, a particularly vulnerable community that has received relatively little attention is elders residing in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). In this article we address this relative lack of attention, arguing that enhanced traffic control bundling (eTCB) can and should be adopted and implemented as a means of protecting LTCF residents and staff. Enhanced TCB has been widely applied in hospital settings and has proven effective at limiting droplet and fomite transmissions both within hospitals and between hospitals and the general community. By effectively adapting eTCB to LTCF conditions, particularly by incorporating compartmentalization within zones plus active surveillance, COVID-19 transmission into and throughout LTCFs can be minimized, thereby saving numerous lives among an especially vulnerable population.

COVID-19疫情引起了公共卫生学者的高度关注，他们正在研究限制其传播的方法。许多研究都集中在使医院和普通社区的传播最小化上。但是，居住在长期护理机构（LTCF）中的老年人是一个受到相对较少关注的特别脆弱的社区。在本文中，我们解决了这种相对缺乏关注的问题，认为可以并且应该采用增强的交通控制捆绑（eTCB）作为保护LTCF居民和员工的手段。增强型TCB已在医院环境中得到广泛应用，并已被证明可以有效地限制医院内部以及医院与普通社区之间的飞沫和飞沫传播。通过有效地使eTCB适应LTCF条件，